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custom made speaker stand legtips - rubber or metal - not good vibration

I finally had my preferred speaker stands made but it came with a wooden "stick". as shown on the picture. I wanted to put an rubber tip to the end and to secure it, I put a screw in it. Now the screw is touching the floor. (Speakers: Dynaudio Evoke 20) 

Questions:

  • Should I recess the screw so that the "rubber touches the floor?
  • Should I put something on the floor between the speaker leg tips and the floor (hardwood floor on concrete) - like a soft pad?
  • Entirely a bad idea for both rubber and screw?

grislybutter
grislybutter OP
2,951 posts
 

@ghdprentice do you have a photo of the tripods with crossbars?

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dekay
5,541 posts
 

Look @ rubber cane/walking stick tips (no screw required).

If it's a tad loose use a few wraps of cloth half inch medical tape around the sides of the leg.

I need to look for replacements for my wooden cane (one I've owned/used off/on since 1973).

I'll start with Amazon, though my last tips were purchased locally and were made in the USA (2 of them lasted 20+ years and were mainly used on concrete sidewalks).

If made in China (not keen on their rubber/plastic products) I'll order a gob of them once I find a decent one, and store them away from air/heat.

Your requirements are not as exacting I would guess, but perhaps not as I do not fathom what stress the footers of speaker stands are exposed to via thousands of hours of use.

 

DeKay

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roxy54
7,962 posts
 

Rubber component feet with recessed holes are cheap on Amazon and should solve the problem. I would use screwed in brass cones that sat on brass floor protectors. That would sound best and look great too.

ryder
1,689 posts
 

Good job. Stands look good. They look a bit like Solid Steel SS-6.

grislybutter OP
2,951 posts
 

@roxy54 

Rubber component feet with recessed holes are cheap on Amazon

I can't find anything remotely nicec :(

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